L-14 Fluids [3]
•Fluids at rest  Fluid Statics
Why things float  Archimedes’ Principle
•Fluids in Motion  Fluid Dynamics
–Hydrodynamics
–Aerodynamics
Example: What does 1 liter (about
a quart) of water weigh?
• 1 liter = 1000 cm3
• Density of water = 1 g/cm3 = 1000 kg/m3
• Mass of 1 liter of 1 liter of water
= 1 g/cm3 x 1000 cm3 = 1000 g = 1 kg
• W = mg = 1 kg x 9.8 m/s2 = 9.8 N ( 10 N)
= 2.2 pounds (1 gallon  8 pounds)
• Water weighs about 10 N/liter
Archimedes’ Principle
• pressure difference:
P= Pbottom – Ptop = rw g h
A
h
FB
WO
OBJECT
volume = h A = V
• buoyant force:
FB = P x A = (rw g h) A = rw g V
= (rw V)g = mw g = Ww = weight of
water displaced by the object
(Archimedes Principle)
density = rw, kg/m3 • Water weighs 10 N per liter, so for
every liter of water displaced, there is
a buoyant force of 10 N
mass of displaced
water = mw = rw V
• The object floats to a level where
enough water is displaced, so that
weight of displaced
FB = WO
water = Ww = mw g
Archimedes principle in action
 The buoyant force on an object in a fluid equals
the weight of the fluid which it displaces.
 Anything less dense than water will float in water
 water weighs 10N/liter each liter of displaced water
provides 10 N of buoyant force
–helium balloons: (density of He = 0.18 kg/m3)
–hot air balloons: the density of hot air is
lower than the density of cool air so
the weight of the cool air that is displaced
is larger than the weight of the balloon (this
is also why hot air in a room rises)
–Steel (8 g/cm3) floats in mercury (13.6 g/cm3)
Will it float?
• The buoyant force is always there whether the
object floats or not
• The object will float if the buoyant force is big
enough to support the object’s weight
• The object will displace just enough water so
that the buoyant force = its weight
• If it displaces as much water as possible and this
does not equal its weight, it will sink.
• Objects that have a density less than water will
float- when fully submerged, they weigh less
than the water, so the water supports them
Floating objects
lighter object
heavier object
too heavy
The weight of displaced
water is less than the
weight of the object
example problem
• An object having a volume of 6 liters and weighing
W = 30 N is placed in a tank of water. What will
happen? Will it sink? Will it float? What fraction of
its volume will be submerged if it floats?
• If the object were completely submerged, the
buoyant force would be
FB, max = 10N/liter x 6 liters = 60 N
• thus, the object will float with half of its volume
submerged, so that FB = W = 30 N
W
FB
Water is weird stuff!
Maximum density
at T = 4 C
Why does ice float?
• Water, the most plentiful
substance on earth is also
one of the most unusual in
its behavior in that it
expands when it freezes.
• Since it expands, the density of ice is slightly less
than the density of water (958 kg/ m3 as
compared to 1000 kg/ m3 for water). So the part
of the iceberg above the surface is less than 10 %
of the total volume.
Ice cube in water - will it spill over?
ice cube
When the ice cube melts will:
1)the water spill out, or
2)the water level stay the same, or
3)the level go down ??
Answer: The level stays the same.
Ice is less dense than water, so that
the volume occupied by the ice is
exactly big enough to hold the
volume of melted water that was
not submerged!
Fluid Flow
• The physics of fluid
flow was worked out
by Daniel Bernoulli
• He was born in
Switzerland in 1700
• He was one of 5
brothers and came
from a large family of
mathematicians and
scientists.
fluid flow example – leaky cup
Pressure increases
with depth, so the
speed of water leaking
from the bottom hole is
larger than that from the
higher ones.
How do we measure fluid flow?
• We see how much comes out
in some time interval
• Time how long it takes to fill the
bucket, say 30 seconds
• the flow rate is then 1 bucket
say per 30 seconds
• in other words volume per unit
time
• gallons per min (gpm), liters/s,
cubic feet per min (cfm), gpf,
or m3/s  volume flow rate
Volume flow rate
• If the water comes out of a tube of cross
sectional area A with a flow speed u the
volume flow rate = u  A (m/s m2)
m3/s
• To measure u just see how long it takes to
fill a gallon jug from a hose and measure
the diameter of the hose.
Mass flow rate
• We could also measure how much mass
comes out per unit time – kg/s for example
• if you are using a fluid of density r coming
out of a hose of cross sectional area A with
speed v the mass flow rate is
• mass flow rate = r  u  A
What makes water flow?
• gravity
• by placing the water
up high the pressure
at the bottom is high
enough to supply
water to all parts of
town that are lower
than the tower
Stanton, IA
Montgomery Co.
Pressure differences
P2
P1
 a pressure difference must be maintained
across the ends of the pipe to push the water
along.  P2 must be greater than P1
 this pressure difference can be set up by
a water pump.
Water does not disappear!
• If water goes in one end of a pipe it must
come out the other end (if there are no
leaks of course. Sounds obvious, but it has
a number of interesting consequences!
This applies to pipes that have constrictions also.
v1, A1
v2, A2
Principle of the continuity of flow
• since whatever goes in must come out we
have that the incoming flow rate –
outgoing flow rate or
• v1 A1 = v2 A2 (continuity principle)
• thus the fluid in the narrow part of the tube
must flow FASTER that the fluid on the
left.
• Cardiologists use this to determine if
arteries might be clogged.
Other examples - the nozzle effect
• you use this principle
whenever you hold
your finger over the
end of the hose to
make the water spray
farther.
An amazing thing about
moving fluids
• The pressure in a moving fluid is less
than the pressure in a fluid at rest! 
this is Bernoulli's principle.
• Where a fluid moves faster its pressure is
lower, where it moves slower, its pressure
is higher.
• As we will see, this is the principle that
allows airplanes to fly
The Venturi Meter
Atomizers (perfume spritzers)
Using the Bernoulli effect,
fine droplets of liquid are
formed with this device